He only landed 4 punches a round for 12 rounds!!!!!

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dominating fighters like Reggie Johnson is what RJJ did best and his managers made sure he stayed in the ring with that caliber of fighter for as long as possible. he tried his hardest to duck Tarver but Tarver just wouldn't go away. RJJ was a talented fighter but lacked heart and technique. top 10 most over-rated in my book.

Hopkins, Tarver, Kelly, Gonzales, Toney, Hill, & McCallum were all fantastic fighters...& he beat all of them...nothing overratted there.

A bit short sighted of you to focus on one fighter while trying to add some meat to your arguement.

B-hop was no where near the fighter he became after that fight. he got a gift from the judges in the first Tarver fight. Gonzales? lmao. Toney, yea, i give him this one. thought he would lose but surprised me. Hill is an old washed up fighter who is benefitting from a lack of talent right now in the LHW and cruiserweights divisions. he was like 38 when RJJ beat him. McCallum? lmao, i guess you want him to get credit for Vinny Pazienia too. only reason RJJ fought Tarver for the 3rd time was for the money. and for those who like to mention Ruiz, he picked the WORST heavyweight champion of all time to win the title. not Byrd, not Vladimir, not Vitali, but the mighty Ruiz...lol. major accomplishment there. his whole career was hand picked until Tarver. Tarver was calling him out for almost 2 years. Tarver kept showing up at his post fight press conferences and weigh ins until the press and boxing experts started putting pressure on RJJ to make the fight. most were calling for that fight before he moved up to fight Ruiz but he thought beating Ruiz would distract them from Tarver. WRONG. Tarver didn't go away and the kept bringing him up. that's the only reason we got the 1st fight and after the "gift" the judges gave him, he had no other choice but to give him a rematch which he didn't want to do. Tarver answered the question everyone wanted to know: what would happen when RJJ finally gets in the ring with a fighter who isn't intimidated, has knockout power, and in their prime?

Cmon. Are you serious? Tarver was a nobody until he fought RJJ. Who cares he was calling him out. Tarver lost legitimately the first fight. The only thing is the rounds he won, looked good and seemed like the first person to give RJJ a tough fight. It was extremely obvious that RJJ was gassed out in that fight and he would win 2:30 seconds of the round and then lay on the ropes for 30sec. and let Tarver punch with his guard high. The second fight Tarver landed the perfect shot. The third fight was so boring I couldn't even finish watching it. Tarver is a good fighter but he's not legendary and if anyones resume can be picked apart it's Tarver's.

24 and 4 He's lost to pretty much every big name he's fought. Hopkins, RJJ, Glen Johnson, Eric Harding. And he won a split decision against Reggie Johnson. Tarver's a good fighter but nobody to be ducked and he needs to shut the hell up with his "legend killer" stuff. I am sure you can deliver that message directly to him.